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Scientific name:

Alnus cordata

Vernacular name:

Alder, Italian


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Italian Alder

Scientific name: Alnus cordata (Loisel.) Duby

Diagnostic features
Tree to 28m.
Bark greyish, rather smooth.
Leaves ovate, cordate to rounded at base, obtuse to shortly acuminate at apex, regularly crenate-dentate.
Flowering February-March.
Female 'cones' 15-30mm, 1-3 each pedunculate on a common stalk.

Chromosome number: (2n=28, 42).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Rather frequently roadside or mass planted for ornament over much of British Isles, especially in South, rarely self-sown but naturalized in North Somerset; Italy and Corsica.

This species is keyed out on Page 1710: Alnus in the Text Key.

Alnus cordata (Alder, Italian)
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